The forgotten front: Slovakia at center stage of Ukrainian refugee crisis

PLUS l NHL Insider: Valeri Nichushkin expected to return for Colorado Avalanche training camp; How Metro Denver's youth violence claimed one mother's son and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs AM Update [News]( [Sports]( [Opinion]( [Life]( Welcome to Monday. It’s June 19, 2023. Take 5 minutes to catch up on what's happening in Colorado. In today’s edition: - [The forgotten front: Slovakia at center stage of Ukrainian refugee crisis]( - [NHL Insider: Valeri Nichushkin expected to return for Colorado Avalanche training camp]( - [Story of a broken heart: Metro Denver's youth violence claimed one mother's son]( [The forgotten front: Slovakia at center stage of Ukrainian refugee crisis]( Since Russia first invaded Ukraine in February 2022, more than 100,000 Ukrainians have migrated to Slovakia and taken temporary refuge, according to the Slovak Republic Ministry of the Interior. [Read More]( Did you miss this? [Nothing says Colorado summer like this mountain town]( [From painful past, a Colorado family rose to provide a home of hope for more than 130 foster kids]( [Sombor welcomes home Nikola Jokić after NBA championship]( [Colorado Springs Western Street Breakfast to return to Tejon this week]( On Wednesday, the Pikes Peak Range Riders are offering scrambled eggs with a side of Western heritage. The annual Colorado Springs Western Street Breakfast will take place from 5:30-9 a.m. in downtown Colorado Springs. [Read More]( [Expect traffic delays, overnight closures on I-25 in south Colorado Springs starting Monday]( Construction along Interstate 25 from South Academy Boulevard to Fountain's Santa Fe Avenue will begin next week for the installation of new sign caissons, prompting overnight closures in part of the Military Access, Mobility, and Safety Improvement Project, according to a news release from the Colorado Department of Transportation. [Read More]( [NHL Insider: Valeri Nichushkin expected to return for Colorado Avalanche training camp]( Gazette beat writer Kyle Fredrickson talks Gabe Landeskog’s injury, likely Norris Trophy winners, Valeri Nichushkin’s mysterious NHL absence and more. [Read More]( MORE TOP STORIES According to a Friday night press release, the [death of a man last seen riding an innertube on the Arkansas River]( near Buena Vista is under investigation. Job growth in El Paso County for 2021 and 2022 [far exceeded job growth across the nation,]( which may not surprise you, but the magnitude of job growth is truly impressive. The Aurora Police Department saw an 800% increase in juvenile homicides from 2018 to 2022, with one such homicide tallied in 2018 and nine last year. Last year, 14 of the 52 homicides in Aurora, or roughly one in four victims, were under the age of 25.[Lisa Phillip’s losing battle is an all-too real, all-too-common part of the layered, complicated story of gun violence impacting youth in metro Denver.]( Before you go... [This morning's weather from American Furniture Warehouse:]( A mainly sunny sky. High around 85F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up [here](. Engage in the conversation in [today's eEdition]( Interested in podcasts? Check out ours [here.]( Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe [here.]( 30 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903